Jazirat al-Samiri
جزيرة السامري
An island in the Red Sea inhabited by a people who, the author reports, trace their descent to al-Samiri, the maker of the calf 1.
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An island in the Red Sea. Al-Idrisi says its people trace their descent to al-Samiri, the maker of the calf, and reports this from their traditions. 2
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Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 136
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.136
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